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Benjamin Brown and his wife Sarah Brown? of Hampton and Seabrook, NH 1647-1736
Benjamin Brown of Hampton and Seabrook was the third child and second son of John and Sarah Brown, English immigrants to New Hampshire. He and all of his siblings were born in New Hampshire which makes...
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Old wills are fascinating to read. Here is one from the year 1600. It was probated in Suffolk, England. Queen Elizabeth is at the bitter end of her reign, her 40th year. Here she is calledSoverign Lady...
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Thomas Carter: Immigrant to New England 1610-1676
photo by Johannes PlenioResearching Thomas Carter, who settled in Salisbury, can be very confusing. There were three contemporary Thomas Carters, each with a wife named Mary, in Massachusetts and their...
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George Parkhurst (1588-1675): England to New England and back again
Not everyone who immigrated to the new world made a success of it. Some didn't like it, some couldn't hack it, some were homesick. Sometimes they took one look at the Massachusetts Bay Colony from the...
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Ancestors of George Parkhurst: Immigrant to America and Returnee to England
Guildford Guildhall built in 1550 the facade is from 1683We can trace the ancestry of George Parkhurst of Ipswich to his great grandfather, George Parkhurst of Guildford, County Surrey. George's...
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Robert Leete and Alice Grundy: Parents of Phebe Leete Parkhurst
This is a continuation of the ancestry of George Parkhurst, immigrant to New England who returned to England, to live out his days. Luckily for me, his daughter Deborah and her family remained. This is...
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Humphrey Munning (1562-1624) and Elizabeth Winthrop (1569-1631) of...
Humphrey Munning and Elizabeth Winthrop are exciting ancestors. Elizabeth was a cousin of Governor John Winthrop of the Great Migration fame and founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Elizabeth's...
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Humphrey Munning and Ellen Ungle of Semer, Suffolk
St. Peter's Freston, SuffolkHumphrey Munning is said to have been born in Nedging, the son of Thomas Munning and Unknown Barker. His mother died at some point and his father remarried a woman named...
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John Pike and Dorothy Daye of Landford, Wiltshire, England: 1635 Immigrant to...
Landford, Wiltshire, England creative commons licenseenglish originsJohn Pike, 1635 immigrant to New England was recorded on the passenger list for the James on 5 April 1635, as a laborer of Langford,...
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Nathaniel Batchelder and Hester (Ester) Mercer of Southampton, England...
Hooray! My first, very first, ancestor who is not Irish or English! I'm exited to find I have a tiny vein of French blood running through my 99% Anglo ancestry. So here it is.The BatcheldersI am...
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John Smith and Deborah Parkhurst: Great Migration Immigrants to Watertown,...
Apologies to all the John Smith's in the world, but dang, this is a hard name to research, it's just too common. The English origins of John Smith, who married Deborah Parkhurst are uncertain but noted...
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Henry Ambrose of Kersey, Suffolk, England
Henry Ambrose, immigrant to New England is the third of that name who can be found in the parish records of a small Suffolk village. His grandfather Henry, b. about 1555 married Johane Hills on 23 May...
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Henry Ambrose of Kersey, Suffolk; Immigrant to New England
English OriginsAccording to a 1992 article in the New Hampshire Genealogical Record. Henry Ambrose, immigrant to New England hailed from Kersey, Suffolk. Kersey is a scant 10 or so miles from Groton,...
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Henry Ambrose of Salisbury Massachusetts b. 1649 d. 1724
Here is the fourth Henry Ambrose of his line. He was born probably in Salisbury where his father was known to have lived at the time. His father moved about in his later years, living in Hampton,...
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Thomas Davis and Christian Bellshire; Immigrants to New England
English OriginsThomas Davis is believed on strong circumstantial evidence to be the son of John and Agnes Unknown Davis of Acton Turville, Gloucestershire a parish of Chipping Sodbury. Agnes was not...
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George Corliss: Immigrant to New England
english originsGeorge Corliss is said to hail from Devonshire. There is no proof to confirm his origins, his parents are unknown. He is supposed to have been born about 1617. His arrival in New...
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Ancestry of Henry Robie of Castle Donington and Hampton, New Hampshire
Henry Roby/Robie was an English immigrant who came to New England by the year 1639 making him part of the Great Puritan Migration. It is said that he was the Henry Roby baptized in Castle Donington,...
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Henry Robie of Castle Donington and Hampton, New Hampshire
English OriginsHenry Robie is believed to the son of Thomas and Mary Coxon Robie of Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England. If so, he was baptized on 12 February 1618. His family ancestry can be...
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John Robie of Haverhill 1648-1691 and Ann Corliss
John, the last of my Robie line, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1648, son of Henry Robie and Ruth Moore. John settled just over the Massachusetts line in a town called Haverhill. John married...
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William Pillsbury and his wife Dorothy Crosby of Dorchester and Newbury
English OriginsWilliam Pillsbury, name spelled variously, is possibly from Leek, Staffordshire. Two genealogies published in the late 19th/ early 20th centuries on the family offered two wills, one...
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Captain Nicholas Simpkins of London, England and Boston, Massachusetts...
This is a short blurb, which will be one of many about errors I've come across while checking on the Puritan Great Migration feed for Wikitree. The subject is Captain Nicholas Simpkins. According to...
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Richard Ingram (1600-1683) England to Northampton, MA Internet Errors
This one in a series of internet errors I've come across in relation to Great Migration Immigrants to New England. The origins of Richard Ingram of Northampton, Massachusetts are unknown. He is not the...
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The Heron: Coming April 2021 / A sample
I'm happy to announce that my next book, The Heron, will be published by Black Rose Writing on 15 April 2021. The story is a time-slip/paranormal mystery with a strong historical fiction element. The...
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Roles of Men, Women and Children in 17th Century Puritan Massachusetts
In 17th century puritan Massachusetts, the roles of men, women and children were very clearly defined. Men were the breadwinners, while women were responsible for taking care of the home and children....
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The Mallory Saga – Books 1-3The inspiration to write was, in the beginning, merely to see if I could do it. I had written short pieces over the years but to tackle a full blown novel was a daunting...
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